Google-Backed Team Publishes First Complete Wiring Diagram of an Adult Fruit Fly Brain
TinfoilTricorn · x · 2026-09-17
- In September 2026, Google Research, HHMI Janelia, the University of Cambridge, and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology published the first complete wiring diagram (connectome) of an adult male fruit fly's brain.
- The shared article goes beyond announcing the result, walking readers through how to actually build something with this dataset — aimed at researchers and developers who want to get hands-on.
- The fruit fly connectome is a foundational resource for both neuroscience and AI architecture research.
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